[Wannier] Cu2ZnSnSe and Cu2ZnSnS (Boltzwann Calculations)

[Nicki Frank Hinsche]

Hej Ali, 

this depends heavily on the charge carrier concentration. The difference due to bipolar effects will be way more pronounced at high temperatures and/or low charge carrier concentrations. The size of the gap merely plays a role in the degenerate limit.

bests
Nicki

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> From: Alex Gal Aziz <A.G.Aziz at pgr.reading.ac.uk>
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> I am investigating Cu2ZnSnSe4 and Cu2ZnSnS4.
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> I have been using VASP compiled with Wannier functions to generate the initial projections and then generate the MLWF using the Disentanglement procedure. I have checked the band structures and they look correct with the appropriate band gaps (~1.5 for Cu2ZnSnS4 and 0.9 Cu2ZnSnSe4).
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> When I check the Seebeck using BoltzWann I seem to get similar results in both cases. I am trying to figure out if this seems plausible due to the difference in band gaps.
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> Any suggestions would be welcomed
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> Thanks
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> Alex Aziz
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